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An upsurge of militant attacks in the troubled Kabylie region shows that the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (le Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et la Combat, or GSPC)... 2004-06-10

The US has designated the kingdom a major non-NATO ally, which gives the government preferential access to US arms and defence research. Morocco is also strengthening links with NATO... 2004-06-10

Tunisia's unilateral decision to postpone the Arab League summit, and the subsequent storm of protest, risks leaving the country isolated inside the Arab world, at a time when its... 2004-04-27

President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been re-elected in April polls, which were endorsed by international observers, although the campaign process was strongly weighted in his favour... 2004-04-15

Tunisia's unilateral decision to postpone the Arab League summit, and the subsequent storm of protest, risks leaving the country isolated inside the Arab world, at a time when its... 2004-04-15

Despite the vaunted political flowering in Tripoli, it pays to keep a realistic view of the pace of change in Libya. Modernisers are not having it all their way, as reformist Prime... 2004-04-15

Investigations into the March bombings in Spain suggest a number of Moroccans were involved, some with links to the cross-Mediterranean drugs trade. While intelligence services from... 2004-04-14

Following the March bombings in Madrid, heightened perceptions of risk from North African militants will lead to increased security co-operation with US forces, and possibly with... 2004-03-17

The new Libyan PM Shukri Ghanem's reformist credentials remain unimpeachable, but his straight talking, in a late February interview with the BBC, exposed the uncomfortable realities... 2004-03-16

Following the earthquake that hit the northern Rif region at the end of February, there has been local criticism of the government's relief effort. Although the domestic media has... 2004-03-16